Systems Engineer-Level 2 - TS/SCI Fullscope Poly

DigiFlight, Inc.; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision, and Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Tuition Education Assistance

Professional Development

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance

Job summary

DigiFlight, Inc. is seeking a Systems Engineer in Fort Meade, Maryland, with at least 14 years of experience and a Bachelor's in a related field. The role involves analyzing requirements, leading design efforts, and providing technical leadership. Candidates must have an active TS/SCI clearance and be a certified Scrum Master. Benefits include health insurance, PTO, professional development, and a 401(k) retirement plan. Join a team that values integrity and customer focus, and contribute to protecting our nation's systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum 14 years of experience as a systems engineer.
• Active TS/SCI with Fullscope polygraph security clearance is required.
• Certified Scrum Master certification is needed.

Responsibilities

• Analyze user requirements and develop system requirements specifications.
• Provide technical leadership for integration of requirements and design.
• Communicate with government and program personnel regarding technical considerations.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Customer collaboration

Detail-oriented communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

14 years of experience in systems engineering

Tools

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Atlassian tool suite

Job description

Join an outstanding team that offers exciting job opportunities with the goal of providing the absolute best support to our customers. Here at DigiFlight we embrace integrity, innovative solutions, put our customers first and offer a highly competitive benefits package!

Role description

• Analyzes user’s requirements, concept of operations documents, and high‑level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications.
• Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities.
• Guides users in formulating requirements, advises alternative approaches, and conducts feasibility studies.
• Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology.
• Incorporates new plans, designs and systems into ongoing operations. Develops technical documentation.
• Develops system Architecture and system design documentation.
• Guides system development and implementation planning through assessment or preparation of system engineering management plans and system integration and test plans.
• Interacts with the Government regarding Systems Engineering technical considerations and for associated problems, issues or conflicts.
• Communicates with other program personnel, government overseers, and senior executives.

Required skills

• Fourteen (14) years of experience as a systems engineer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university or Four (4) years of additional engineer experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Active TS/SCI with Fullscope polygraph security clearance.
• Certified Scrum Master with proven experience running / driving SW development team.

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) architectures, concepts and services
• Competent with Atlassian tool suite (Confluence, Jira, Gliffy)
• Creation and maintenance of dashboards, sprint boards, backlogs and related documentation
• Mapping Initiatives, Epics and Stories to Sprint and Spin plans
• Working knowledge of engineering products such as Context – Containers – Components – Code (C4) diagrams, Interface Documents and Context Diagrams
• Hands of experience tracing Functional Requirements to Stories, Epics, Use Cases, and Feature Maps
• Customer facing / collaboration experience (someone who can bond with demanding customer technical managers / leads)
• Must be extremely detailed oriented and a strong communicator.
• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) architectures, concepts and services
• Working knowledge of microservices, Cloud Native and serverless approaches to modern systems, SW development, Security, Data Storage, Data Distribution, or User Interface experience (re. Subject Matter Expertise) a must and dependent upon need

Our People

DigiFlight attracts the most highly skilled workforce to protect some of our nation’s most sensitive systems. Before joining the company, many DigiFlight professionals served our country in a civilian and/or military capacity. Our diverse team provides innovative solutions as they support critical clients in tackling tough challenges. Most importantly, our team is passionate about their work and making a difference. Our corporate culture promotes a healthy work/life balance.

Our Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision, and Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 10 paid holidays
• Tuition Education Assistance
• Professional Development
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Referral Program
• Marketing Incentive Plans

DigiFlight, Inc. (DFI) is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. DFI offers a highly competitive, family-oriented benefits package.